In the United States, the country most affected in the world by the Covid-19 pandemic, the toll continues to grow. For the second day in a row, 1,800 deaths from the new coronavirus were recorded in 24 hours, according to counting continuously from Johns Hopkins University, which refers.

Between 8:30 p.m. Thursday evening and the same time the day before, 1,754 deaths from Covid-19 were recorded. The United States is the most bereaved country in the world in absolute terms with a total of 85,813 deaths deplored. The new coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 300,000 people worldwide, more than 80% of them in Europe and the United States, since their appearance in December in China, according to a report drawn up by AFP from official sources. .

Figures surely lower than reality

But in proportion to their population, the United States has fewer deaths from the disease than countries like France, Spain, Italy or the United Kingdom.

In one day, 26,593 cases of new coronavirus were identified in the country, for a total of 1,416,528 cases diagnosed. Figures surely lower than the reality, because of the difficulty for the population to be easily tested. 

In a context of political battles between Democrats and Republicans, whether for the deconfinement of states or the adoption of a 3 trillion dollar aid project, employment figures continue to be catastrophic.

With nearly 3 million new jobseekers registered in a single week, nearly 36.5 million people have been unemployed since the economy crashed in mid-March.

With AFP

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